Hydrocarbon-burner wick.



PATENTED 00T. 2, 1906.

No. 832,305.V

G. W. PERDON. HYDROCARBON BURNER WICK.

APPLICATION FILED I'EB.1, 1905.

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No. 832,305. PATBNTBD 00T. 2, 1906.

G. W. PERDON HYDROGARBON BURNER WICK. APPLICATION FILED IEB. 1. 1905.

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Patented fct. i966.

Applicationiled February l, 1905u Serial llo., 243,691,

To a/ZZ whom it may .con/cern: l

Be it, known that l, GUY W. FnnDoN, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of the borough of Brooklyn, N ew York city, in the State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in HydrocarbonBurner Wicks, of "which the following ,is aspeciiication.

This invention relates to incornbustible Wicks for hydrocarbon-burners, and particularly to those wicks intended for use in the annular burner-troughs of blue-llame oilstoves. Heretofore such Wicks have most commonly been made with a thin body or corel of asbestos compressed between two pieces of perforated sheet metal or Wiregauze, and the whole has been corru ated to render it self-supporting Within a re atively Wide burner-trough.

The prese-nt invention consists in an incombustible wick of improved construction .and in certain novel combinations of parte embodied therein, as hereinafter set 'forth and claimed.

The objects of this invention .are to render the wick substantially and sufficiently rigid .so that it can be easily inserted edgewise into 'the burner trough and readily removed therefrom; to protect the same against fraying at its sides and edges; to adapt the capillary body or core tobe made of looser or-I more absorbent material than has heretofore been used in such wicks; to prevent the formation or accumulation of vapor Within the burnertrou h; to dispense with metallic .side pieces, w ch tend to causesuch vapori# zatio'n and to a certain extent repel the oil from thewick and disturb its capillary action g to enable the burneretrough to be completely iilled with absorbent non-heatfcon-Y Aducting material, 'and thus to keepfthe lower part of the burner-trough com aratively cool, and to prevent the sudden aring and un- 4evenness ofthe flame due to the presence of vapor. n

Two sheets of drawings accompany this specification as art thereof.

Figurer 1 -of`-t e drawings is a perspective view of a t ical burner for. a blue-ame oilstove .provi ed with an incombustible wick "completely filling the'trou h and otherwise .constructed according-to t e present invention. section through said burner, trough, and wick.

Fig. 2 represents a vertical transverse wick. Fig. il. represents a cross-section on the line l), Fig. 9. Fig. l2 represents a crossseotion of another lspecies of the improved' wich; and ilig. 13 represents an ed ze view oi an annular wick cut 'from a seam ess tube, as hereinafter desorihed.` 4

Like reference charactersy refer to like parts in all the ligeros.

lThe hydro-carbon-burner (represented at a in Figs. l and 2) may be'oiany known or improved construction that is not inconsistent. with the present invention., which relates exclusively vto the construction ci 'the Wick, several species ot which :are shown at b, i12, b3, b4, and b5, respecti'vely. in each oi the species the improved wiel: comprises a capillary or absorbent body or core l and one or a pair of stiening and supporting layers or side pieces 2 and 3 or 2, the material ofthevvhole being asbestos or a substantially similar incombus tible and non-heatconducting material and the stiffi'ening and .supporting parte being in the 'form ci side pieces in close contact with one or both sides of the body or core l, with the material thereoi` in a less absorbent, more compact, and less flexible state 'as compared 'with that of the body or core. The improved wick b or b2 or t3 or b4 or h5 in all the species is lalso specially designed and adapted for use within ani annular burn'ertrough ein the burner a, as illustrated by Figs. 1 and'Q, the wick as. a whole having uniform yupper and lower edges parallel with eachother and being adapted to `lill the relatively shallow trough and to project to a suflicient extent abovethe same `and to constitute 4for such burners a wick having a suitable body or core yl of quickl m,absorbent material open to absorb oil at t e bottom and to present the oil to .the llame at the top and by its said stiil'ening andsupportingla er or layers 2 and 3 or 2 rendered substantial y and suiiciently rigid so asA to 'facilitate inserting it edgewise in the burnertrough'4 orremoving it therefrom, and also ef- IOC I tending to vaporize the oil Within the trough 'for Within the Wi ck. For such purposes the incombustible .non-heat-conducting material in the body or core 1 is in an absorbent state and relan tivelyloose as `compared Withthat of the stiffening and suppofrtinglay'er or-layers 2x and .'J or 2". The body orcore l maybe made of looser and more absorbent material than when perforated metal or Woven Wire is used in place of such non-metallic side pieces, because it isl much easier to unite the body or core with side pieces of the same material. Even when thc body or core l and a pair of said pieces 2 and 3 are fastened in close contact With each other there is ample provision for capillary action between the side pieces, so that the oil willw climb up to the top of the Wick, While vapor,

which is incapable of capillary attraction, will neither form nor travel therein. The perforated metal or Woven Wire Which has heretofore been used'in such Wicks causes vaporization within the wick and to a certain extent repels the oil from the Wick and disturbs the capillaryaction.` Byusingnonheat-conduct ing side pieces or layers vaporization Within the Wick is entirely prevented. Such non-- metallic side pieces insulate the capillary body or core from the metallic Walls of the burner-trou h, and even if such Walls become sufficiently eated to vaporize oil the capii lary action of the body or core 1 Will not be disturbed 'by such heat. By completel fill ing the burner-trough with the wick its ower part is kept comparatively cool, and the formation or accumulation of vapor therein is thus -revented, which also revents the sudden aring or unevenness o the iiame due to the presence of vapor in such burner-troughs.

In the species represented by Figs. 1 to -5, inclusive, the strip-shaped absorbent body or core 1 of the Wick b is of suitable asbestos :fiber in a relatively loose and absorbent state and is permanently united with a pair of stifiening and supporting side pieces 2 and '3 of like form and dimensions andof the same material in la more compact state by longitudinai Wire stitching 5, parallel with the top of the Wick, extending throu h the Wick from side to side, as represented in Fig. 5. Annealed iron or brass Wire may be used for the stitching 5.

In the species represented by Figs. 6, 7, and 8 the absorbent body or-core 1 and a pair oi stifiening and supporting side pieces 2 and 3, all of` incombustible non-heat-cond-ucting material, are or maybe identical with those ofthe first species, respective'l but are united with each other in a line para lel With the top of the Wickby a suiiicient number of metallic staples 6, extending through the Wick` b? from side to side and suitably clenched, as shown in the figures.

In the species represented by Figs. 9, 1'0, and 11 the absorbent body or core 1 ofthe Wick b? and a pair of stiffening and supporting side pieces2 and 3 are or may be of the same material as compared with the corresponding parts in the first and second species, but are united with each other in a line parallel With the top ofthe Wick by a sufficient ynumber of metallic e elets 7, the Shanks of which extend throug from side to side, as shown in Fig. 11. y

In the species represented by Fig. I12 the absorbent body or core 1 of the Wick b4 is or may be similar or substantially similar to that of the first species, but is provided with only one non-heat-cond'ucting side piece or stifiening and supporting layer 2" of the sameA description as the side pieces above set forth.

In the species represented by Fig. 13 vthe improved wick b5 instead of being'made in theform of an originally flat strip, as in the other species, is Iendless and adapted to be cut from a seamless tube; otherwise it may be of any of thegd'escriptions above set forth With'reference to the other species of the improved Wick.

Otherlikemodifications Will-suggest themselves to those skilled inthe art. Forexample, inthe first species there may be only l one or more than tWo lines of the stitching-5, andl other known or improved incombustible and non-heatconducting material of substantially the same ycharacteristics may be used in place of asbestos.

Having thus described said improvement, I claim as my invention and-desire to patent under this specification- 1,. A Wick, for hydrocarbon-burners, comprising an absorbent body ofasbestos in a relatively loose state, and -stiffening and supporting mea-ns of asbestos in a more compact state.

2. A Wick, for hydrocarbon-burners, comprising a flexible body or core of asbestos an absorbent state, and stiffening and su fporting layers of asbestos ina less flexib e state in close contact with both sides of said body'.

A Wick, for hydrocarbon-burners, comprising an absorbent strip of asbestos in a compara-tively loose state, stiffening and supporting strips of the same material in a more compact state in close contact W-ith both sides of the strip first named and means permanently uniting said strips with each other.

4. A Wick, for hydrocarbon-burners, comprising an absorbent strip of asbestos in a comparatively loose state, a stiiening-strip of the same materia-l ina more compact state,

compact state in close contact with both sides of the strip first named, and means passing through said strips parallel with the top ofthe wick for uniting the same. Y

6. A Wick, Jfor hydrocarbon-burners, oomprising an absorbent strip of asbestos in a comparatively loose state, stilfening and supporting strips of the same material ina more compact state in close oontaot with both sides of the strip irst named, and Wire stitching passingA throughsaid strips inlines parallel With the top and bottom of the Wick for uniting the several strips Witheaoh other.

7. In a hydroearbonvburn'er, the combina;- tion of an annular burner-trough and a wick adapted to be inserted-edgewise into such trough and to completely lill its bowl and composed 'of quickly absorbent incombustible material extending from top to bottom open to absorb oil at the bottom and open at top to supply the oil to the flame, stileningv and supporting strips of non-heat-conduoting incombustible material in a more compact state, and`means passing through said strips in lines parallel with the top and bottom ofthe Wick and serving to permanently unite the several strips With each other.

8. In a hydrocarbon-huwen thecombnation of an annular burner-trough, and a `strip-shaped Wick adapted to be inserted` 'edgewise into such trough and Vto completely lill its bowland composed of quickly absorbent non-heat-eonduoting incombustible material extending from top' to bottom open to inbefore specified.

GUY W FERDON. Witnesses:

WILLIS B. WEsTERvEr/r,

RAY S. MILLER: 

